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The Michael Moore Podcast

Ep. 167: The Middle Of The Road Is Deadly (feat. Rick Perlstein)

The Michael Moore Podcast

Michael Moore

News, News Commentary

4.89.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The violent, insurrectionist, January 6th mob attempting to overturn the election results are part of a long line of a reactionary and white supremacist elements within American politics who will resort to violence or chicanery when they don't get their way electorally. They are now at the center of the Republican party and we will have to deal with their undemocratic impulses and threats of violence as a regular feature of our politics unless we do something about it now. Historian Rick Perlstein has brilliantly documented the modern conservative movement, and he joins Michael to discuss January 6th and its aftermath, positive early moves by the Biden administration, and the ugly legacy of Rush Limbaugh that contributed to today's violent, undemocratic and dangerous Republican party.


This Is Us: Why the Trump Era Ended in Violence
By Rick Perlstein
https://newrepublic.com/article/160975/trump-era-always-going-end-violence

From Limbaugh to Trump: Rick Perlstein explains Rush’s real legacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/17/rick-perlstein-rush-limbaugh-death-legacy/?

Check out Rick Perlstein's books in the Rumble bookshop!
https://bookshop.org/lists/books-by-rumble-guests


Music in the episode:
"My City Was Gone" - The Pretenders
https://open.spotify.com/track/2tcQzupbw4uSw7efYw0xkQ?si=db963daf32954aa9


Watch the film that Michael mentioned --  "Notturno"
https://www.hulu.com/movie/notturno-4c858bef-fe5a-47a9-afb1-bb42e762c4fd

Rumble listeners get a free 30-day trial to Audible! Go to:
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This is Rumble and I am Michael Moore.

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Thank you for joining me today on Rumble.

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I have a guest with me that I've been hoping to have on at some point here in my first year or so.

1:40.0

And he's an author that I have a great deal of respect for.

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And he's going to join us here momentarily because I want to talk about a number of things that he has written and is now still writing about the fact that the so-called peaceful transfer of power did not take place.

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It happened with violence for I think probably maybe the first time in our history.

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And the violence isn't over.

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